In a growth mode

Among those who attended the dedication of Pioneer's Garden of Life are, from left to right, Maitri Edwards and her son Bohdi and Johanna Inger of Hiawatha, Incorporated, a Shelton-based firm in the forest-products industry. The garden is home to a memorial to Maitri's mom, Nancy, a longtime teacher at the school who died of cancer two years ago.

AN ARTIST'S RENDERING of the proposed fire sation at Second and Franklin in downtown Shelton that would preserve the old city hall shown at left.

State Senator Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, will seek another term of office in the Washington Legislature. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1990 and elected to the Senate in 1997.

The sky's the limit

Swooping down on Sanderson Field is a skydiver dropped from the wild blue yonder by a pilot working with Kapowsin Sky Sports. The skydiver is involved in a competition that requires participants to fly under an imaginary line indicated by two orange flags and then cover the most distance before touching ground. Kapowsin recently relocated its operations to the Port of Shelton and recently broke ground on a 100-by-100-foot building at Sanderson. Keri Farrington of Kapowsin said construction will take about two months.

ANGELA DEWALLMALEFYT is this year's Female Athlete of the Year at Shelton High School. She is the subject of a feature story this week.

Computer literacy

Checking out one of the new computers recently installed at Mason County Literacy is Tim Mallory, a member of the nonprofit's board and an employee of Timberland Regional Library. These computers have been installed at the new Community Technology Learning Center, and will be made available to anyone who wants to become more computer savvy. Grants from Microsoft and The Harvest Foundation and technical support from Hood Canal Communications made the new center possible.

JAY EBBESON, already a City of Shelton mnagement assistant, hs been named public works director.

THELER BOARD president Randy Neatherlin and Theler Center manager Anne Whitman share a happy moment with Bill Moyer, who recently challenged the community to match his $1,000 donation to the center. The "Moyer Match" has earned the Mary E. Theler Community Center over $10,000 in just a few weeks, with the promise of more to come.